{"id":64726,"date":"2026-04-14T19:51:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=64726"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:51:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:51:39","slug":"man-dies-in-dirt-bike-accident-at-bone-valley-atv-park-in-polk-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/04\/14\/man-dies-in-dirt-bike-accident-at-bone-valley-atv-park-in-polk-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies in dirt-bike accident at Bone Valley ATV Park in Polk County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office is currently investigating a fatal dirt-bike accident that occurred yesterday, Monday, April 13, 2026<\/strong>, at Bone Valley ATV Park in Mulberry.<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n

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Incident Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • The Victim:<\/strong> A 58-year-old man (identity currently withheld) was riding a blue KTM dirt bike<\/strong> through the park’s trails.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Crash:<\/strong> According to investigators, the rider was traveling at a moderate speed shortly before 11:47 a.m.<\/strong> when he crested an incline and suddenly lost control. He was ejected from the bike, suffering significant injuries despite wearing a helmet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Response:<\/strong> Friends riding with the man found him on the trail shortly after the crash. They rendered aid and called 911. First responders found him unresponsive and without a pulse; he was transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    Investigation Status<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The PCSO Traffic Homicide Investigations Unit<\/strong> is reviewing footage from a GoPro camera the rider was wearing at the time of the crash.<\/sup> Initial reports indicate no other vehicles were involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The park, located at 10427 County Road 630 W.<\/strong>, remains open, but officials urge anyone with additional information or video of the incident to contact the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Unit at 863-668-3100<\/strong>.<\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office is currently investigating a fatal dirt-bike accident that occurred yesterday, Monday, April 13, 2026, at Bone Valley ATV Park in Mulberry. Incident Details Investigation Status… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDRcL2Rvd25sb2FkLTEyLndlYnA_Zml0PTMwMCUyQzE2OCZzc2w9MSIsInR4dCI6Ik1hbiBkaWVzIGluIGRpcnQtYmlrZSBhY2NpZGVudCBhdCBCb25lIFZhbGxleSBBVFYgUGFyayBpbiBQb2xrIENvdW50eSIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiZG9pcyIsImZvbnQiOiIiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxNjMwNDA2NjF9.hONU738b_tyvKvTw7V6UKyfFaKoHXFQ7K-LDzM36f18MQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA0XC9kb3dubG9hZC0xMi53ZWJwIiwidHh0IjoiTWFuIGRpZXMgaW4gZGlydC1iaWtlIGFjY2lkZW50IGF0IEJvbmUgVmFsbGV5IEFUViBQYXJrIGluIFBvbGsgQ291bnR5IiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJkb2lzIiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.cvVDfqLy_lLyDJn3L-8cg1B3NRiQXnp7XbzGUs76D5AMQ","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[14380],"class_list":["post-64726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-man-dies-in-dirt-bike-accident-at-bone-valley-atv-park-in-polk-county"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64728,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64726\/revisions\/64728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}